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JOHN IV. PRIDMORE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO THE MCCORMICK IIARVESTING MACHINE COMPANY.

BUNDLE-CARRIER FOR CORN-HARVESTERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 588,008, dated August 10, 1897.

Application filed March 5, 1897. Serial No. 626,097. (No model.)

To all, whom, it may concern: stream of stalks that are gathered between Be it known that I, JOHN Il'. PRIDMORE, a the prongs D and severed by the knife E. citizen of the United States, residing at Chi- Then sufficient of these stalks have accumucago, in the county of Cook and State of Illilated to form .a bundle, they are encircled 5 5* 5 nois, have invented certain new and useful with a band and discharged by the rotating Improvements in Bundle-Carriers for Corndischarge-arms F. The trip-arm G is thrown Harvesters, of which the following is aspeciout of the path of the discharge of the bundle, tication. which is guided on the side next to the dis- My invention relates to improvements in charge-arms by the stripper-board H and on 6o xo bundle-carriers for corn-binders, in which the the other side by the guiding-rods I.

bundles of corn are bound while standing ver- My improvement in bundle-carriers consists tically and are discharged from the machine of a main supporting-pipe J, that is pivoted to one side into abundle-carrier that receives to the main frame B of the harvester at the them in nearly an upright position and holds outer rear corner of the frame. This pipe J 65 r 5 them untilaload has accumulatetl,when they is provided with a crank extension j, from are dropped in a pile in windrows for convenwhich a connecting-rod is extended to a footience in shocking; and the objects of my imlever pivoted to the main fra-me B of the harprovement are, iirst, to provide a carrier that vester at a point convenient to be operated shall be so positioned upon the machine as by the foot of the driver. The supporting- 7o zo not to greatly increase the width of the mapipe J stands somewhat inclined to the verchine and thus prevent the machine being tical binder, so that when the bundle is disdriven through the corn-elds; second, to charged from the binder it will be sufficiently provide a carrier that will retain the bundles inclined so that there will be no tendency for and when operated by the driver will quickly the bundles to be jolted or blown back upon 75 25 discharge its load; third, to provide a carrier the binder. A cradle is formed to receive the that shall be easily operated and be a practibundles by pivoting the fingers L in the bar J cal device when put into the hands of ordiand extending them rearwardlyandinwardly, nary users. I attain these objects by mech? so that they will catch the bundles as they are anisms illustrated in the accompanying drawdischarged from the binder. Beneath the iin- 8o 3o ings, in whichgers the binder deck or floor M drops some- Figure l is a side view of my bundle-carrier, what from the plane upon which the bundle is attached to so much of a vertical corn-bindbound, so that when the bundle is discharged ing machine as is necessary to show the conit may have a more easy exit, and this door is struction of my improvement. In dotted continued, so as to form a support for the bun- 8 5 3 5 lines the teeth are shown in the position that dles as they rest in the cradle formed by inthey occupy when the load is being dumped; gers L. As before remarked, iingers L are and Fig. 2 is a top view of the same parts, pivoted in the supporting-pipe J, and they are showing more clearly the bottom board that controlled on their pivots by crank extensions supports the butts of the carrier and the l, which are connected by a bar N, and this 9o 4o guides that conduct the bundles thereto. bar is in turn connected to a fixed part of the Similar letters referto similar parts in both machine by the connecting-rod n. The atviews. tachment of the end of the connecting-rod n The wheels A are shown in dotted lines and to the machine is at a point inwardly toward unattaohed to the framework B of the cornthe machine and downwardly from the at- 95 45 harvester, but it is to be understood that they tachment of the rod to the connecting-bar N.

are attached to the frame and are provided The lower finger of the cradle is in the draw- With gearing to operate the devices that ings shown to be fastened rigidly in the supgather the corn and bind it and deliver the porting-pipe J. It has been found by pracbundles into the bundlecarrier. rIhe binder tical experience in the field that this finger roo 5o C is positioned on end at the rear of the gath- Will shed the heavy butts ofthe bundles Withering devices and receives the on-coming out any motion of the finger itself and that when rigidly fixedin the pipe it does not tend O', which extends practically at right angles to this brace inwardly and is attached to the rear sill of the frame B.

In the operation of the machine the bundles are accumulated and bound and discharged as in machines of the Peck type. As they are thrown out of the binder the guiding-rods and stripper-board conduct them into the cradle of the bundle-carrier, the deflected reach in the bottom allowing the butts to slide out more easily. Then sufficient bundles have accumulated to form a load, the operator works the foot-lever, and the bundle-carrier ingers swing outwardly on the center formed bythe supporting-pipe. As they move outwardly their crank extensions are swung inwardly, and the connecting-rod n raises them, it being located in such a position as to raise these cranks when they are swung inwardly, and the outer ends of the fingers are thus caused to drop, allowing the accumulated load to slide from them. However light the tops of the corn may be and however tangled and straggly they may have been formed into the bundle the double movement ot' the fingers will shed the load.

Attention is called to an other feature in the discharge of the load by this carrier, and that is to the manner in which the accumulated bundles, partly supported as they are in the carrier, follow the outward sidewise Inotion of the carrier as it swings outwardly, thus causing the bundles to fall farther from the machine than they otherwise would. In machines of the type of corn-harvesters where the corn can be moved but slightly sidewise owing to the difficulty of the machine giving sufficient traction to transport the corn any very great distance it is an important feature to discharge the bundle as far to the side as possible in orderv that it may be out of the path of the horses in the next round or" the machine.

Having now described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In combination in a self -binding harvester with a binder positioned onend, an

upright post positioned to the frame of the harvester, connections from this post extending convenient to the driver for revolving the post on its pivot, curved lingers pivoted in the post and means for revolving these fingers on their pivots when the post is actuated to discharge a load of bundles.

2. In combination in a corn harvesting machine with devices to gather, cut, bind and discharge bundles while retaining the corn in an upright position, a-bundle-carrier positioned upon the machine to receive the bundles as theyT are discharged, the carrier consistin g ot' an upright post pivoted at its lower end to the frame of the machine, and its upper end supported from the machine by braces, a crank on the post, a connecting-rod upon the crank extending convenient to the driver, curved fingers pivoted in the post, having cranked extensions, a bar connecting these extensions and a connecting-rod extending from the bar to a fixed portion of the Inachine, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

3. In combination to form a bundle-carrier` fora vertical self-binding corn-harvester, an upright post pivoted to the harvester, means for revolving this post on its pivot, a cradle formed by fingers attached to the post, guides for conducting the bundles into the cradle formed by the fingers, and a bottom to support the bundles in the cradle, positioned in a lower plane than that upon which the bundles were bound.

4. In combination to form a bundle-carrier for a vertical self-binding harvester, an upright post pivoted at its lower end to the frame of the harvester, braces to support its upper end, a crank fixed on the post and connections therewith to revolve the post on its pivot, a cradle formed of curved fingers, pivoted in the upper end of the post and fixed in the lower end, a bar connecting the crank extensions of the upper iingers, a connectingrod uniting this bar and a fixed part of the machine, at a point beneath and inwardly toward the machine from the normal position of the bar when the carrier is in position to receiveobundles, guides to conduct the bundles as discharged by the binder into the cradle formed by the fingers, a iixed platform to support the bundles in the carrier, formed by extending the table upon which the bundles are bound outwardly and bending it downwardly, all substantially as and for the purpose specified.

J OI-IN IV. PRIDMORE.

lVitnesses:

T. D. BACH, F. A. ERICSSON. 

